Skype

Skype is an online tool that allows users to make audio or video calls across the city or around the globe over the Internet. Participate in global collaborative projects, chat with an expert, enjoy a great book with a "celebrity reader" or visit a classroom far away.

• Skype Basics
  
  
  1. What do you need in order to Skype?
     
     webcam - we use a Hue webcam in our office
     
     microphone
     
     
  2. Create a Skype account
     
     
  3. Download and install Skype (free version)
  
  
  

• Skype Etiquette

  1. Dialing etiquette – let it ring once or twice

  2. Movement can be distracting while using a webcam (stand still)

  3. Have questions prepared in advance (index cards are still useful in the 21st century!)

  4. Skype from a well lit room

  5. Think about time differences

  
  

• Resources for Using Skype in the Classroom

  
  
  Learning Beyond Walls - Great blog post by Shelly Terrell
  
  Reasons For Skyping in the Classroom
  
  Around The World With Skype - One of many amazing resources created and shared by Sylvia Tolisano (Langwitches)
  
  Around The World With 80 Schools - Another resource from Sylvia Tolisano
  
  Education Directory for Skype in the Classroom - Skype launched an educator directory earlier this year to help connect teachers and classrooms around the world.
  
  Skype An Author Network -
  
  Skype in the Classroom - LiveBinder created by Kelly Hines
  
  Skype Other Classrooms!
  
  Skype in Schools Wiki - great resource from Dan Froelich
  World Read Aloud Day

• Let's Skype

  
  Susan on Skype: mccarthysl